| T’avais peut-Єtre quatorze ans
| You were maybe fourteen
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| T’avais encore la tЄte velue
| You still had a hairy head
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| T’avais des clґtures plein les dents
| You had fences full of teeth
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| La premire fois que je t’ai vu
| The first time I saw you
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| Tu jouais encore avec ta fronde
| You were still playing with your slingshot
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| Je jouais encore la marelle
| I was still playing hopscotch
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| Quand on s’est promis mer et monde
| When we promised sea and world
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| Et puis la lune et puis le miel
| And then the moon and then the honey
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| Tu as (c)t© mon premier homme et moi, ta premire pucelle
| You were my first man and I was your first maid
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| Et c’est sur la banquette arrire
| And it's in the back seat
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| De la voiture de ton pre
| From your father's car
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| Que j’priais Dieu pour qu’y m’pardonne d'Єtre d (c)j en train de faire
| That I prayed to God to forgive me for being d (c)j doing
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| Ce qui, pour moi, ne pouvait Єtre
| What for me could not be
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| Que de l’amour (c)ternel
| Only (c)ternal love
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| T'(c)tais peut-Єtre en train de jouir
| You (c)was maybe cumming
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| Ou peut-Єtre en train de muer
| Or maybe shedding
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| Quand tu m’as dit: ‡a fait plaisir
| When you told me: ‡it's nice
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| D’savoir que l’on est le premier
| To know that we are the first
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| Un peu jaloux, un peu conscient
| A little jealous, a little aware
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| Qu’aimer toujours, § a dure longtemps
| That loving always, § a lasts a long time
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| Surtout quand on a quatorze ans
| Especially when you're fourteen
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| Et qu’on a toute la vie devant
| And we have our whole life ahead
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| T’avais le crўne d (c)garni quand je t’ai vu y a quelques jours
| You had a full head when I saw you a few days ago
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| T’es d (c)m (c)nag© prs d’ici
| You're d (c)m (c)nag© near here
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| T’as des clґtures dans ta cour
| You have fences in your yard
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| Tu jouais encore comme un gamin faire le tour de ta maison
| You were still playing like a kid going around your house
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| Ђ faire le tour de ton jardin
| To walk around your garden
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| Sur un p’tit tracteur gazon
| On a little lawn tractor
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| T’avais peut-Єtre 34 ans
| You were maybe 34 years old
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| Et encore une bonne dose de charme
| And still a good dose of charm
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| T’avais la garde de tes enfants
| You had custody of your children
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| Mais t’avais pas gard© ta femme
| But you didn't keep your wife
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| Moi, j'(c)tais plus ronde et plus blonde
| Me, I was rounder and blonder
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| Sans aucun doute, un peu moins belle
| Definitely a little less beautiful
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| J’n’avais connu ni mer ni monde
| I had known neither sea nor world
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| Et ni la lune et ni le miel
| And neither the moon nor the honey
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| J'(c)tais l, devant ta demeure, plant (c)e comme un grand tournesol
| I was there, in front of your house, planting like a big sunflower
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| T’es descendu d’ton petit tracteur
| You got off your little tractor
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| Tout en sueur, en camisole
| All sweaty, in a straitjacket
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| Tu m’as fait le c"ur tout crisp© et le visage tout (c)carlate
| You made my heart all tense and my face all (c)scarlet
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| Quand ton sourire m’a d (c)voil© Ta belle rang (c)e de dents droites
| When your smile has d (c)ve © Your beautiful row (c)e of straight teeth
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| On est sorti de nos trentaines
| We're out of our thirties
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| On a rechauss© notre jeunesse
| We lifted up our youth
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| Dans une voiture qui (c)tait la tienne
| In a car that was yours
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| On s’est aim© toute vitesse
| We fell in love fast
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| T'(c)tais peut-Єtre en train de jouir
| You (c)was maybe cumming
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| Ou peut-Єtre en train de pleurer
| Or maybe crying
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| Quand tu m’as dit: ‡a ferait plaisir
| When you told me: ‡it would be nice
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| D’savoir que je serais le dernier | To know that I would be the last |